Holy Family with the Infant St John the Baptist

Private collection

religious

Sebastiano Conca painted numerous versions of the Virgin and Child, varying the usual pyramidal format. In the present picture the central figures are the Virgin and the two infants, with Joseph in the shadowy background.

Holy Family with the Infant St John the Baptist

About the Artist

Sebastiano Conca

1680 – 1764

Italian painter and draughtsman. He was one of the most successful painters working in Rome in the first half of the 18th century and was celebrated throughout Europe. He painted altarpieces and frescoes, creating an accomplished style that mediates between the grandeur of the late Baroque and the academic manner of Carlo Maratti. His smaller easel paintings</ay were eagerly sought after by collectors throughout Europe. Conca was also an able draughtsman, working in a free and fluent style.

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